Brazil's First Gold Medal In Rio Games Goes To Hometown Judo Champion – NPR


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Brazil’s First Gold Medal In Rio Games Goes To Hometown Judo Champion
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Brazil won its first gold medal today in this Olympics, when judoka Rafaela Silva defeated Sumiya Dorjsuren of Mongolia in the women’s 57 kg. Judo has a big following in Brazil, and that enthusiasm followed Silva from one match to the next. Silva grew
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